LightCube: A Parsec-Resolution 3D Model of the Local Far-Ultraviolet Interstellar Radiation Field

arXiv:2608.27389 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-08-27 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-27

Updated: 2026-08-27

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• Sparse Kernel Gaussian Processes through Iterative Charted Refinement (ICR)
• The Distribution of Thermal Pressures in the Interstellar Medium
• Metric Gaussian Variational Inference
• SILCC -- VIII: The impact of far-ultraviolet radiation on star formation and the interstellar medium
• Streamlining and standardizing software citations with The Software Citation Station

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